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War and the political situation of Germany in the 20th century had an impact on the country's borders, as well as the make-up of the German football team. Germany played 30 internationals until the outbreak of the World War I , with the last match occurring on 5 April 1914 against the Netherlands .
Football team of prisoners of war from Germany who worked on Kurbatovs furniture factory in Tsivilsk, Russian Empire. When World War I was declared in 1914, it had a negative effect on association football; in some countries competitions were suspended and players signed up to fight, resulting in the deaths of many players.
After joining SpVgg Fürth in 1913, he won the 1914 German football championship with them the following year. [6] [9] Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national team, which he joined at 18 years of age in 1911. [6] [10] He played in a number of matches for Germany, including at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm ...
Date Name Age Team Notes 22 August 1874 Robert Atherley (SCO) [ cs] 19 Star of Leven: Died of a ruptured stomach, [8] after receiving a kick in a match against the Lily club of Renton. [9] 19 January 1878 George Cornish (WAL) 18 [10] Newtown: Died of a cold contracted in a match against Wrexham. [11] 25 October 1879 Harry Rogers (ENG) 25 Reading
Rudi Ball (1911–1975), Hall of Fame ice hockey player, Olympic bronze 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934 [16] Michael Ballack (born 1976), football player Karin Balzer (1938–2019), hurdler
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.. Born in Bremen in 1923, he joined the Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth in August 1933.
Died in a training flight crash. Don Wemple [12] 27 1944 End Brooklyn Dodgers: 1941 Air Force His airplane was shot down while flying over "the Hump". Chet Wetterlund [13] 26 1944 Halfback Detroit Lions: 1942 Navy Died when a training flight crashed. Waddy Young [14] 28 1945 End Brooklyn Dodgers: 1940 Air Force
An icon in Germany, and one of only three men (Mário Zagallo and Didier Deschamps being the others) to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a manager, Beckenbauer was lauded by former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder for winning the World Cup as a player in 1974, winning as manager in 1990, and for playing a leading role in ...